Metallic-furniture drawer.



A. T. WEISS.v

METALLIC FURNITURE DRAWER. APPLICATION FI LED uc. 1a. 1913.

LWEMVL Patented A r. 20; 1915.

21/19 flaw-x 7711/6135.

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' ALBERT T. WEISS, OFROCHESTER, NEW YORK,"ASSIGNOR TO YAWIVIAN & EBBE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

To all [whom 4 t? 1 Beut known tIQALBE'Rr-T; WEISS, of.

; Rochester, in Ythe-c'o'unty of ltdon'roe and State of New York? have invented certain new and useful Improvements in iMetallic- Furniture Drawers; andll do-'hereby?declare the following tobe' a full, clear, antlexaot descriptien ofthesaine, reference h'eiiig had and more particularl to metallic-furniture of the kind used in '0 cc and-library for the filing of papers and documents and theinvention has for its object to provide-a simple, neat/and efficient drawer that'can be convene metal, being strongly constructed and yet capable of belng'easily and quickly assembled.

To these and other ends the invention con-' sists in certain improvements and combinatlons ofparts, all as Wlll be heremafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end ofthe specification.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective new of a drawer constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention, the view being taken from the rear; Fig. 2 is av vertical central section:

through thefront'thereof; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the front taken subtom and side walls of the drawer, and Fig.

6 is a fragmentary perspective viewof the lower portion of the front plate withwhich the part shown in Fig. 5 cooperates.

' Similar reference numerals throughout the several figures indicateth'e same-parts.

Certain features of-amy invention are chiefly useful in connection with filing receptacles familiarly known as document drawers and such a drawer has been illustrated herein to comprise a front wall indicated generally at 1, low side walls 2, a bottom Wall 3 and side rails 4 abovethe side ,walls and located about midway vof the height of the front wall. Y The front wall 1 comprises a front plat '5, the margins of which are" turned rearsingle piece of sheet material.

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Application filed December 18, 1913f Serial No. 807,486.

wardly allaround at 6 and thence bent inwardly at 7 to constitute flanges parallel .to'

and spaced from the body of the plate. Disposedjagainst the inner side of the front plate isa lining plate 8 having forwardly turned flanges 9 at its sides-and bottom actingj'asspacing means engaging the front plate. These 'flanges are preferably slightly larger or deeper'than the-rearwardly turned portion 6 'of'the' front plate so that they abut flatwise' against the edges of theflanges 7 making a neat andsm'ooth joint. At the upper edgeof theliningplate the two plates.

, are interlocked; by ail-upwardly turned flange lifton the lining plate that engages beneath the corresponding flange 7 on the front plate M k g and acts 'additionally'to the securing devices iently and cheaply constructed of sheet of the plates at this point during the strains hereinafter mentioned to prevent separation contents of the drawer and also act as spacing and stiflehing means in addition to the flanges 6. The bhlt's are preferably also utilized for attaching a handle llon the outside of the front plate and of the front drawer wall as a whole.

' The bottom and side walls 3 and 2 respectively, are preferably formed in one of a At its forward end the bottom wall is provided with a downwardly turned flange 15 that interlocks with and forwardly of the bottom flange 7 onthe front plate 5, while the forward ends of the side walls 2'are somewhat similarly fitted with outwardly or laterally turned flanges 16 interlocking with the inwardly turned flanges 7 at the sides of the front plate, which flanges are cut away slightly at this point, as'indicated at 17.

This cut away portion prevents the side walls from slipping upwardly. The lining plate 8 abuts all of these walls on the inside and prevents disengagement of the described groups of flanges, as is apparent from the figures, so that as long as this plate is in place it maintains the relationship of the front Wall ln'itl1 the body of the drawer.

the same'size maybe inserted between the 'theo'ther parts 'in' proper cooperation while I The side rails 4'may be constituted of a" single strip-0f material, as clearly indicated in Eig.- 1. Their forward ends enter-notches 7 18in; the flanges 7 that holdthem against upward ordownward movement'and thence v proceed inwardly at 19 to the center of the front wa'll wherethey are pierced by the bolts'll and thiis clamped between the front .plate '5 and the liningpl-ate 8'. Tocompen satefor this added thickness, ablock 20 of .plates in the region ofthe boss 13, as shown It willbe noted that the lining plate 8'is in the nature of a keystone part thatholds' it is itself connected in a simple mannerby the same securing devices that are used to attach the handle'l l. Assembling is thereby 2O the front wall 1 produces an air space that] greatly facilitated-.' The hollow nature of is useful as fire protection while attheosame time the spacing of the plates 5 and 8 contributes a more substantial appearance and lends itself better to the purposes in hand toextend across the face of the front plate ing plate; In a front plate, a lining plate disposed against the inner side thereof and a handle on the outside of the front plate, of side rails for the drawer having their forward ends and secured between the latter and the -lindrawer, the combination with a turned inwardly-between thefrontplate and.

the lining plate and securing devices for the handle extending through the front and lin- .ing plates to hold them together and also acting as securing me'ans'forthe side rails,

' Witnesses: I

WALTER B. PAYNE, RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH.

ALBERT T. wEI-ss, 

